this hearing is about nhtsa. what did they know, when did they know it, when did they let you know it? as i believe we've always had a great partnership, my dad started in '53 after being a parts picker in the warehouse. my relationship with general motors has never been cloudy. it's always been clear and transparent. i know which side of the table i sit. i am not a manufacturer or distributor, i actually sell these cars. but when you look at these things. you say, well, my gosh, if it really isn't government run, if the government really is at arm's length and away from this, this sharing this information, how are we going to market these different messages, how does that happen if it's not that way? how does nhtsa sit there and say, no, no, no, no, we did it the same way we always do it. as a matter of fact, they didn't do it the same way they always do it. again, halo product. i understand halo. nothing to do with angels but it does have to do with what we're doing when we put the spotlight on our cars. we can

even before nhtsa determined whether or not there was a real safety issue, it designed improvements to the volt to make its battery better protected from risk of intrusion or fires. so far we have seen no evidence to support the implication that nhtsa has allowed politics to guide its decision making and i understand my chairman raising that question because there's safety issues here at risk. considering that in the last few months there have been efforts by the majority to defund programs that support the development of technologies for electric and alternative fuel vehicles to take away tax incentives for purchasing electric cars, i am concerned that an effect of this hearing could be for both protecting the u.s. auto manufacturing industry as well as to generally have an adverse effect on the competitiveness. it would be very bad, i think, for our economy to do anything that would try to demolish the potential for electric vehicles. as we establish at the hearing this subcommittee held on the proposed fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards, it protects public health by

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. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration or nhtsa says distracted driving is dangerous and deadly habit on america's roadways. it's going after auto makers with new proposed guidelines. h%th new proposed guidelines. nhtsa says vehicles should be equipped with items that meet consumer desires without sacrificing safety. >> i think as most things become voice activated it makes it a lot easier. >> reporter: in fairfax county distracted driving is illegal and can cost you up to $250 bucks. > >> if you take your eyes off the road, something can happen within two seconds. > % >> reporter: the guidelines seek to minimize the complexity of the device making it easier for drivers to use them and to stay focused on the road. this particular vehicle you actually have to pull over. actuallyh%ave to pull over. the car has to be in park in order for you to enter an address in the gps. they want to make it as easy for you to use these devices and also limiting the amount of manual touches or taps it takes pt to put in a location or use the radio. h they also want to limit t

provide $7.5 billion over the next six years to the national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, our safety administration to promote seat belt use, get drunk drivers off the road and reduce distracted driving. this will ensure it keeps dropping from traditional lows. double investments in highway safety infrastructure by promoting $17 billion to federal highway administration safety construction programs. the budget also will dedicate $4.8 billion to federal motor carrier safety administration. these dollars will ensure that commercial trucks and bus companies maintained high operational standards and are dedicated safety professionals can get high-risk trucks and bus companies and their drivers off the roadways. finally our safety focus must also include the transportation of hazardous materials in our network of pipelines. that's why the president's 2013 proposal requests $276 million for the pipeline and hazardous material safety administration to help ensure that families, communities and the environment are unharmed by the transport of chemicals and fuels on which our econ

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nhtsa says the vehicles should be equipped with items that meet desires without sacrificing safety. >hands free only. >> i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: in fairfax county distracted driving is illegal and can cost you up to 250 bucks. >> if you take your eyes off the road something can happen within two seconds. you don't realize how fast your car is going and you don't realize how far it's traveling. >> they want to limit the complexity of these in vehicle devices along with the amount of manual input it takes to operate them and the amount of unnecessary information they display. the guidelines would also restrict in vehicle devices from allowing drivers to use text messaging, internet browsing, social media, navigation destination entry by the address, as well as ten-digit phone dialing. and the public now has 60 days to voice their opinion on the guidelines before the department of transportation makes a decision. >> all right, erika. let's get a final check of our weather and that snow coming this weekend. doug? >>> watching that next storm or this storm continues to move